---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act requiring the Department of Health to provide and allow submission of an electronic application for certain state benefits; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act requiring the Department of Health to provide and allow submission of an electronic application for certain state benefits; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 168"
citation: "Alaska HB 168 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FAMILIES", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INTERNET", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "STATE AID"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SNYDER"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 75
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-04-09"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b09fe80f-b9e2-4899-8321-335a37042332"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB168"
source_hash: "50d38b8dcad8223949526d60afe948bdeaec34d9dbb093392f7b21d78d150795"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ak"]
---

# Alaska HB 168 (32) — An Act requiring the Department of Health to provide and allow submission of an electronic application for certain state benefits; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled HB 168** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0168Z)
2. **HB 168** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0168A)
3. **SCS HB 168(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0168C)
4. **SCS HB 168(HSS)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0168B)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y18 N- E1 A1 #2884 — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y40 #752 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 1 Y22 N17 A1 #751 — **22–17** (pass) · lower
- (H) LIMIT ALL INTROS TO 3 MIN, DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y36 N4 #3075 — **36–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y38 A2 #3104 — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SNYDER — primary (person)
- Eastman — cosponsor (person)
- Kurka — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)
- Story — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)
- Zulkosky — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-04-09** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-04-09** (H) HSS, FIN
- **2021-04-13** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM DAVIS 106
- **2021-04-13** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-04-13** (H) Minutes (HHSS)
- **2021-04-15** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM DAVIS 106
- **2021-04-15** (H) Moved HB 168 Out of Committee
- **2021-04-15** (H) Minutes (HHSS)
- **2021-04-16** (H) HSS RPT 5DP 1DNP 1NR
- **2021-04-16** (H) DP: FIELDS, SPOHNHOLZ, MCCARTY, SNYDER, ZULKOSKY
- **2021-04-16** (H) DNP: PRAX
- **2021-04-16** (H) NR: KURKA
- **2021-04-16** (H) FN1: ZERO(DHS)
- **2021-04-16** (H) FIN REFERRAL REMOVED
- **2021-04-16** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SPOHNHOLZ
- **2021-04-26** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/28 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** (H) COSPONSOR(S): VANCE, STORY
- **2021-04-28** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 168 `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** (H) RETURN TO SECOND FOR AM 1 Y22 N17 A1
- **2021-04-28** (H) AM NO 1 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN
- **2021-04-28** (H) AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** (H) PASSED Y40 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2021-04-28** (H) COSPONSOR(S): KURKA, NELSON, TUCK
- **2021-04-28** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2021-04-28** (H) VERSION: HB 168
- **2021-04-30** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-04-30** (S) HSS, FIN
- **2022-01-20** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-01-20** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-01-20** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2022-01-25** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-01-25** (S) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-02-01** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-02-01** (S) Moved SCS HB 168(HSS) Out of Committee
- **2022-02-01** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2022-02-04** (S) HSS RPT SCS(HSS) 2DP 3NR SAME TITLE
- **2022-02-04** (S) DP: WILSON, BEGICH
- **2022-02-04** (S) NR: COSTELLO, HUGHES, REINBOLD
- **2022-02-04** (S) FN2: ZERO(DHS)
- **2022-04-22** (S) FINANCE at 01:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-04-22** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-04-22** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2022-05-04** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-05-04** (S) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-05-11** (S) FINANCE at 01:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-05-11** (S) Moved SCS HB 168(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2022-05-11** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2022-05-12** (S) FIN RPT SCS(FIN) 1NR 4DP NEW TITLE
- **2022-05-12** (S) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 19
- **2022-05-12** (S) NR: STEDMAN
- **2022-05-12** (S) DP: HOFFMAN, WILSON, OLSON, VON IMHOF
- **2022-05-12** (S) FN2: ZERO(DHS/DOH)
- **2022-05-16** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/16/2022
- **2022-05-16** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-16** (S) FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-05-16** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/17 CAL `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SCS HB 168(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): GRAY-JACKSON
- **2022-05-17** (S) PASSED Y18 N- E1 A1 `passage`
- **2022-05-17** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-17** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2022-05-17** (S) VERSION: SCS HB 168(FIN)
- **2022-05-18** (H) CONCUR READ AND HELD
- **2022-05-18** (H) LIMIT ALL INTROS TO 3 MIN, DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y36 N4
- **2022-05-18** (H) CONCUR TAKEN UP UC
- **2022-05-18** (H) CONCUR AM OF (S) Y38 A2
- **2022-05-18** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-18** (H) TITLE CHANGE: SCR 19
- **2022-10-05** (H) 12:10 P.M. 6/17/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2022-10-05** (H) Signed into law 6/29 CHAPTER 19 SLA 22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-05** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b09fe80f-b9e2-4899-8321-335a37042332`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).